TRACK 8: CARDIAC SURGERY
CARDIAC SURGERY
Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons. It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease to correct congenital heart disease; or to treat valvular heart disease from various causes, including endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease, and atherosclerosis. It also includes heart transplantation.
Types of cardiac surgery
- Open heart surgery
- Modern beating-heart surgery
- Heart transplant
- Coronary arteries bypass grafting
- Minimally invasive surgery
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